Victaphanta atramentaria

Victaphanta atramentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Victaphanta
Species: V. atramentaria
Binomial name
Victaphanta atramentaria
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
Synonyms

Nanina atramentaria Shuttleworth, 1852

Victaphanta atramentaria, common name the Gippsland black snail, is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rhytididae. [1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs in Victoria.

References

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